Trump’s Putin-Like Cull of the White House Press Pool

The Washington Roundtable discusses the Trump Administration’s decision to bar the Associated Press from Presidential events, Jeff Bezos’s dramatic makeover of the Washington Post’s opinion section, and why freedom of the press matters. Plus, what journalists can do to meet this moment.  This week’s reading: “Why Aren’t We in the Streets?,” by Susan B. Glasser “What Will Democratic Resistance Look Like?,” by Jay Caspian Kang “The Peril Donald Trump Poses to Ukraine,” by Keith Gessen “Growing Up U.S.A.I.D.,” by Jon Lee Anderson “Trump’s E.P.A. Seeks to Deny Science That Americans Discovered,” by Bill McKibben To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to themail@newyorker.com with “The Political Scene” in the subject line.

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Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, presents conversations and feature stories about current events. On Wednesdays, the senior editor Tyler Foggatt goes deep on a consequential political story via far-reaching interviews with staff writers and outside experts. And, on Fridays, the staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the latest developments in Washington and beyond, offering an encompassing understanding of this moment in American politics.